apache httpclient timeout

[Kevin Yang]

Hello, does anyone know how to setup http reading timeout in system properties or other way to set this value except direct call HttpClient.setTimeout()?
We have a third party web service API in our system, but recently often get reading timeout after connected to their web site, and kill our process.We find that their API use Apache HttpClient, but we are not authorized to change their code, so we need to achieve the same effect of "HttpClient.setTimeout()" outside the code.
Thanks!